We love this recipe also: Lime Chicken Soft Tacos.

Alright ... I just finished my "Last Chance Workout" and I am hoping my weigh-in tomorrow morning goes better than the Black Team's did tonight.

I will let you all know how good it goes. I know I am not up, so any loss is a good one, but I really want that 2 lb min each week. See you all in the morning

Go BLUE!

Congratulations Blue Team on winning Week 5!

Sorry I've been MIA the past two weeks. Work, work, work, makes Jane a dull girl. I've missed so much here, but I'm getting caught up at work, and am successfully training the people who will allow me to work a normal 8-hour day in the near future. Yay, me!

My goal when I wake up tomorrow (which is really today) is to read through this thread from page 69, or is it, 49, up to the present and hit you all with a very long post. OK, it won't be super-long, but I miss you guys and need to catch up on the haps in everyone's lives. Have a beautiful Wednesday everyone, and again . . .

CONGRATULATIONS BLUESTERS!

- Sonja

What a wonderful weighin week!!! Congratulations Shannon!!!!

I've had a stressful day and havent turned to food!!! This is a first!!!! Work was crazy - I am a kindergarten teacher - the children are lovely but the parents are URGHHHH! I usually do an aqua fitness class Wednesday night but went to the hospital to visit my dad - he has his angiogram tomorrow. It is amazing how much stress you release in a workout - and not exercising made me feel more stressed. Dad seemed less worried about tomorrow - he originally was scheduled for Monday but his platlet count was low again. Please prayer everything is okay for him to have surgery tomorrow and that there is no blockages.

My house is a mess - I am feeling like a personal health day AKA as sick day on Friday, driving back and forth from the hospital, helping my mother, being with kinder children and my nearly 4 year old is making me feel overwhelmed, I just want one moment for ME!!!

Alright ... I am so excited ... I lost ... 4.6 lbs

That means I have lost a total of 73 lbs since I started this life change to lose this awful weight and that I have lost a total of 20.4 lbs with you all on this challenge.

I am SO excited!

G'morning ladies and John!

Kelly, congrats!! Wooohoooo!!! I would love to drop that much at once!!!!

Anna, so glad you found all that out. Good to know so you can do what you need to help yourself with it all.

Sonja, so nice to see you! Sorry you've been swamped; I know the feeling. Hope things get better for you soon.

Nori, yum, love any kind of chicken tacos! Ok, not good, ur making me hungry and I vowed to keep my cals low again til evening bc that's when I wanna eat! Imma be strong tho!!

Ellie, so sorry to hear the grandkids are sick. And yes, mom is always so tired when kids are sick. So glad she has you to help her. I envy that! I'll be praying that they get better soon! So sorry about your hand! I had carpal tunnel surgery on one and need it on the other in a year or two. I soooo know how it is to type with one hand!


Zink, I know! You'd think my doc woulda said something! But ah well, I KNOW I did good! **pats self on back**. At least the nurse noticed! LOL. Hopefully your doc will tell you what a great job you are doing!


Purple, don't ya lovvvve counting calories, alllll the time? LOL! I have memorized most of what I eat, which I like. I'm set in my ways and boring; hardly ever try many new foods so don't have to worry most days. Sounds like you're doing great!!!

Hiya Fran, KrisR, Cristina, John, Chelle, Rhonda, Dionne, Kimberly, Heather, Marianne, scgirl, and all you Bluezers!!!!

Things are good here. Not losing at the moment which I hate, but what can I do? (Well, I could exercise more, drink more water, eat a little less each day, etc. But I haven't been! LOL. Then I shouldn't be whining. I know!) Think today is day 179 OP. I believe Sunday is my halfway mark! day 183! It really hasn't been easy lately. Does that mean that after a year it still won't be easy!!!! Imma do another year starting the day after this one ends. So maybe after two years, it gets easier.. where you aren't still wanting more (not having it but wanting it)??? Imma hafta go to the Maintenance thread soon and ask all these questions. I want to know! Even if they say it NEVER gets easier, at least I know what we are up against. Imma start reading books on maintenance too but the real info will be here with the ppl who are doing it. Glad we have them to ask!

Ok, thanks for being such great support to me and each other here. It's great to have a place to come to where ppl reallllly understand what we are going thru every single day, every single meal. Do they have places like this for ppl who are stopping smoking, etc? They should!

Ok, Imma go now, gotta go try to watch TBL finally. Only two kids here to hang on my legs while I try to exercise, well one will be in his playpen. LOL.

Hugssss, Selina

Good morning, Blueser! Congratulations on being the best bunch of losers for week 5! Daimere - Congratulations on being the best loser of us all.

Made it through on-plan day 6 by the skin of my teeth! I ended up at the very upper limit of my calories. I just couldn't seem to get full and I was craving french fries. I didn't have any, but that was only because there were none in the house. I've been feeling a bit stressed about this last work project and fighting some depression. I have a history of depression and I have to be on guard for this. I think the recent weight loss is throwing off my hormone levels. It might be time to go get my levels checked and change my hormone therapy again. I hate feeling like this! I'm usually a very optimistic person. I have a wonderful life and have absolutley nothing to be depressed about. But, that's the nature of these things...they don't always make sense. Thank goodness the sun is shining a bit this morning. I need that sun. What is really crazy is that I know exercise makes me feel better, but I just can't seem to find the energy to get on the treadmill. Arghh! I'm aggravating myself!

Kelly - 4.6 pounds is awesome! And, 20.4 for the challenge so far?! Wow!
Vanessa - Congratulations for not turning to the food to relieve your stress!
Sonja - We've missed you, too. So good to hear from you.
Ellie - Ouch...take care of your hand. Sorry to hear that the grandchildren aren't feeling well. Hope they get better soon.
Anna - Regarding your QOTD......you have been a wonderful supportive and encouraging team member and this team would not be the same without you. So, my vote....you ain't going nowhere, missy! I'm glad you got some answers regarding your metabolism. Its good to find out about the osteoporosis issue early so you can reverse the process. Because I'm relatively young (43 ) and had a full hysterectomy, I had to have a dexa scan in August. I have the earliest stages of bone deterioration. I now take calcium everyday...and, I really need to get on that treadmill and do my resistance bands!

Today's goal...I really need to get on that treadmill again. It may sound crazy, but I'm reluctant to get started again because of what happened during the last challenge. I was so gung-ho and doing my hour everyday. Then, my knees started hurting....badly. And, the orthopaedist told me to take a two week break from the treadmill and that I did too much too soon. WTH?! I used to run 5 miles a day! All I was doing was walking! How can this be too much? Now, I'm reluctant to try again because I really don't know what too much means. Personally, I think he was full of crapola because I've had some aches and pains even though I'm not on the treadmill. So, today...I'm trying again. I'll ice my knees if I have to...but, I'm doing this.

Hope everyone has a great on-plan day. GO BLUE!

Happy Mid-Morning!

I'm actually going to be brief this morning because I'm in the middle of reading a chapter... trying to finish this book today since work is dead.

I weighed myself this morning and I've dropped to 197 which is good, but still over my week 4 weigh in. I'm hoping by this weekend I'll be 194.

I'm struggling to talk today since I'm coming down with some sort of sore throat. It started hurting last night but this morning its been awful. Looks like I'm going to get some soup and a salad for lunch.

I didn't get to workout last night since I just started going back to class... of course it has to be Tuesday & Thursday nights so I'll be missing every TBL episode and my last chance workouts unless I stay up until midnight every Tuesday which probably will not happen.

I hope everyone has a good on plan day, I'm going to try and relax my throat and be more of a motivation tomorrow.

Kelly that's awesome!!! You go!!!

Thank you so much for this! I am going to call DH and have him call and tell them "facial's off, massage it is!" right now.

When you were doing five miles, were you on the road or a treadmill?

Kelly! 4.6 lbs is awesome You doubled that 2 lb miniumum, great job!

Rhonda--I deal with depression as well, though it's not half as bad when I exercise daily. are you taking anything for it? If not, get on that treadmill, it will lighten more and more each day.

Selina--Almost half a year OP...you are just amazing, girl esp. with all you have going on with the kiddos.

Vanessa I will pray for him, and for you as well. I hope things lighten up your way soon.

I enjoyed my day off exercise yesterday, and my legs feel much better today. So I started the day off with Jillian front side and made them hurt good again not as bad a couple days ago, so it's a good hurt. Today is day seven OP and doing Jillian first thing in the morning is feeling like habit already. It's one of my eating objectives to be OP and I look forward to it everyday. It's finding the time for cardio that has been a struggle.

DDs birthday party is Saturday at the skating rink and I have decided I am going to skate when the party is over! I will be busy taking pictures, helping my 3 yo skate, etc. during, but when people start leaving I am going to stay and skate with the kids...I am excited and nervous, but I did it once when i was at my heaviest so no reason I can't do it now. Hubby might have to go out west and won't be here he wants to be there, but he might not have a choice. Sometimes I really, realy hate his job. But, I have to smile and be thankful he works so I can stay home with the kids, so it's kinda hard to complain to him...so I'll just dump it on you guys, sorry!

anna - Look at you you sexy little momma!

I love a photo where you can use your kid to hide the tummy pooch that she created.

Chellez, sorry you're getting sick. Remember...pamper the princess!

Purple - roller skating sounds like great fun. I've never been able to learn how to skate. I've tried many times, but just don't have the grace.

Anna - Love the picture! I understand why some people don't like to post pictures because of privacy issues, etc, but it sure is nice to get an idea of who you're talking with. Regarding your question.....I used to run on pavement. This was about 15 years ago. Now, I wouldn't think of running on pavement because of the possible damage to the knees, but I never even thought about stuff like that when I was younger.